Internet Job Search
A QUICK GUIDE TO CAREER WEBSITES
These websites offer job search, interviewing, resume, and labor market information. Work In Texas WorkInTexas.com A powerful, modern job search website from the Texas Workforce Commission. Fine tune your job search, build an online resume, and find jobs quickly with Match Jobs. Free to both job seekers and employers. Texas Workforce Commission twc.state.tx.us Link to WorkInTexas, apply for unemployment benefits, find WIA-approved training providers throughout Texas, get information about filing a Wage Claim, research Texas labor market information—and a lot more. Dallas WorkSource Job Net worksourcejobnet.com This “spider” travels the web and searches over 2,000 job boards, employer sites and recruiter sites weekly, collects its “prey”—job listings for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex—and brings them home to you. A great way to search multiple websites all at once. Texas Job Hunter’s Guide twc.state.tx.us/news/tjhg/toc.html Comprehensive online guide to assist you with every phase of your job search—from budgeting to job offers. The Riley Guide rileyguide.com The Riley Guide is a top resource for employment and career resources on the Internet. Find job search and career websites and learn how to use your resume effectively on the Internet. These are a few of the better-known and frequently visited job boards—a few of the thousands available. Career Builder careerbuilder.com More than 90 Gannett newspapers are now affiliated with CareerBuilder.com, and listing employment ads from more than 130 local newspapers. DICE dice.com High tech jobs. This large, popular site lists nationwide jobs for permanent, contract and consulting computer professionals.
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Federal Jobs: Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Find jobs with Uncle Sam, apply online or download an application, and locate any forms you may need during the Federal application process. Not all agencies and departments list their openings with OPM—many federal jobs are posted only at their websites. HotJobs hotjobs.com Job Search, set up an account, create a resume and get career information. HotJobs is owned by Yahoo!, so this is the job bank Yahoo uses when you search for jobs from its career center. If you do not want a website for your resume because of security issues, be sure to deselect the applicable radio button before you begin to build your HotJobs online resume. Monster monster.com You could spend hours each day surfing around this site. Monster uses a Boolean search in its Keyword Search, so be sure to read “Tips on Searching” to use this feature effectively. This site is full of great career articles and special interest sections. Nation Job nationjob.com Services include a network of Specialty Sites (promoting jobs in specific employment categories), Custom Jobs Pages and Community Pages for individual companies and communities, cross-postings to other sites on the Web, and P.J. Scout, to keep you notified by email of new openings. Another of the better-known sites with lots of jobs, plus more. These three sites can help you find anything. Search, find links to resources and read lots of great articles. Google google.com A well-known web search site, Google also has many other features, too. Explore! Open Directory Project’s Employment Section dmoz.org/Business/Employment One of the largest lists of websites anywhere. All contributors are volunteers. Job Searching: Technical jobsearchtech.about.com A “must visit” site full of solid information.
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Get job search assistance, career guidance, salary data, training, and educational resources through this nationwide site supported by the US Department of Labor. Career OneStop careeronestop.com CareerOneStop is a collection of electronic career tools. Each tool offers a unique solution to the overwhelming demands of today’s labor market from the perspective of the job seeker, the employer, and the public workforce community. This powerful suite of tools, accessed through this user-friendly portal, includes: America's Career InfoNet acinet.org Free resources for job seekers and employers. Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive career resource library online, including career videos. Employers will like the Job Description Writer. America's Service Locator servicelocator.org Recently revised and better than ever. This resource will help you locate public service offices where you can locate information on finding a job, planning your career, locating training, dealing with job loss and recruiting employees. All services are free. America’s Job Bank ajb.org The biggest and busiest job market in cyberspace, with over 1.3 million jobs and 705,000 resumes in its database. Free to both job seekers and employers. Test your computer skills or brush up on your computer software skills and learn how to really use Microsoft Word. Check out these four websites. Brainbench brainbench.com Looking for the best way to measure, improve and promote your career skills? For a fee, Brainbench provides the opportunity to earn certifications in over 450 of today’s leading skills. A few of the tests are free. GCF Global Learning gcflearnfree.org/en/main/community.asp The Goodwill Community Foundation’s goal is to provide computer and career training to help people improve their employment potential. Land-Grant Training Alliance Online Lessons lgta.org Free, hands-on, self-paced online training in a variety of software.
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Most Valuable Professionals for Microsoft Word word.mvps.org Excellent resource for anyone ready to really learn Word. This site will help you create quality documents and give you solutions to any Word problems you may encounter. The following are two of the many online resources that offer long lists of career websites. Internet Job Search: A List of National & Specialty Career Websites cvworkforce.org/internet.htm View a list of 1,200+ job search and career websites, including a section on Job Search by Industry. Use online or download PDF and DOC formats. Review the Table of Contents for all the available topics. Job Seeker's Bookmarks mybookmarks.com/public/Job_Seeker Job seekers and workforce professionals will find a collection of over 2,200 career resources. There are links to all of the county and city websites in the DFW area, as well to the websites of the major employer in this area. Create winning resumes, review job search security issues, and learn email etiquette using these resources. Scannable Resume Technology jobsearchtech.about.com/library/weekly/aa032403.htm Scannable Resume Keywords jobsearchtech.about.com/library/weekly/aa032403-3.htm Scannable Resume Format jobsearchtech.about.com/library/weekly/aa032403-2.htm Converting a Word Document to ASCII Text job-hunt.org/resumeASCII.shtml Tips for a Dynamic Email Cover Letter quintcareers.com/email_cover_letters.html Don’t Let Spam Filters Snatch Your Resume careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20040413maher.html Common Resume Blunders content.monster.com/resume/resources/resumeblunders Online Job Search Security jobsearchprivacy.org/wpfjobstudy.pdf 32 Most Important [Business] Email Etiquette Rules emailreplies.com/#rules Harness Email: [Personal] Email Etiquette learnthenet.com/english/html/65mailet.htm
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